I charge my mind with releasing all negative blockages
I love myself
I like myself
I accept myself
I am strong
I am calm
I am safe
I am centred
And I heavenly breathe in the positive now
And I heavenly release all negativity
That is not mine and all that is mine
And I heavenly release the negative past
And heavenly increase my own divine
I am positive, I believe in myself, and I can do this.

(This is my mantra for dealing with my 13-year-old daughter’s Type 1 diabetes. I do a lot of adjustments/corrections during the night to keep her in range as much as possible. I sleep through the night only 5 nights per year: when my daughter is at diabetes camp.)

I like Chuck Eichten’s Book of Better tagline: Life with diabetes can’t be perfect – make it better. We live life at the margins. We don’t have to fix everything. If my sugar’s 180, what can I do to make it 150? Operating on the margins, pushing for greener pastures, given enough time will improve your life. Life is a product of effort and time; don’t ever underestimate the value of time.

I forgot to mention the song “patience” by take that. Recently i have been struggling to be patient enough to wait for a high to come down, which often resulted in me overcorrecting and going low afterwards.
So i listen to that song to “just have a little patience”